Mission:Wolf Photo Outing Meetup

This Meetup will be hosted by Pablo Balan; there are two parts.

The first part is a full day trip to the Mission Wolf Sanctuary near Westcliffe, Colorado on Saturday June 7. This is a great opportunity to photograph wolves; if you are brave enough you can choose to go in a cage with them but you must be be comfortable with a wolf licking your lips as a way of greeting! We will meet at the Sanctuary which is located about 30 miles south east of Westcliffe at 8:45 am for our group’s visit which is booked for 9:00 am. We recommend you stay in hotel in Westcliffe on Friday night to avoid a very long day if you are driving from the Denver area. The Sanctuary is located at 9,300 feet above sea level so you need to be prepared for variable weather conditions.

For the second part we will meet at 5:30 pm on Thursday June 26 in north Golden (in a commercial office facility near the intersection of Hwy 93 and Golden Gate Canyon Rd). The meeting is to review our images; there is no scoring or judging, just opportunity to provide constructive feedback to improve our images. The focus is our creativity, not technical minutia although feedback of how to improve technically to capture better images is welcomed. Pablo will provide the building address during the photo outing.

There is no fee to join the Meetup; although donations to the Sanctuary will be welcomed.

The Meetup is limited to 10 participants.

Only RSVP if you can join both parts of the meetup. To allow time for participants to plan the trip and make hotel reservations, the RSVP will close on April 11. Pablo has prepared detailed instructions for the Meetup which will be emailed to the participants following close of the RSVP. Each participant is responsible for their own reservations and travel costs. I will do my best to match people wishing to ride-share. Please contact me with any questions ([robertcooke@icloud.com](mailto:robertcooke@icloud.com)).